Improvement in machines for pressing horse-collar pads



Patented May1l.,1875.'

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WITNESSES THE :GRAPNIG C(LPNOTD -L|TH.39 4&4] PARK PLAGEJLY.

ARNOLD I. MASON, GEORGE OHAMBERLIN, AND HENRY W. OHAMBERLIN, OF OLEAN,NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO GEORGE OHAMBERLIN 8Z5 SON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR PRESSING HORSE-COLLAR PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1168,091, dated May 11,1875 application filed April 10, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARNOLD P. MASON, GEORGE OHAMBERLIN, and HENRY W.CHAM- BERLIN, of Olean, in the county ofOattaraugus and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Pressing Horse-Oollar Pads, of which the following is a speci fication:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofour improved machine for pressing horse-collar pads and Fig. 2, avertical transverse section of the same on the line 0 c, Fig. 1, showingside view of center-piece and follower.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Our invention relates to an improved machine for pressing leather andsheet metal into shape for the manufacture of horsecollar pads by arapidly-operated and adjustable mechanism.

The invention consists of screw-adjusted side jaws, sliding intermediatecenter-piece, and screw-follower, corresponding in shape with thecenter-piece to press the leather and sheet-metal tree of the pads intoshape thereon.

In the drawing, A represents the supporting-frame of our improvedmachine for pressin g the leather and sheet-metal parts of horsecollarpads, which support, on the lower longitudinal connecting-piece, theadjustable side jaws B. The jaws B slide, by means of setscrews 0, inguide-grooves of the connectingbar, and are readily set to the width ofthe pads to be pressed. The face of the jaws is curved for turning upthe leather and metal backing at the sides, and is provided with centralguide-ribs a for guiding and seating the center-piece D, which slides byits shank in a perforation, b, of the supporting-bar. The sides of thecenter-piece are grooved or recessed for the guide-ribs a. The head ofthe center-piece is formed'to correspond with the shape and curvature ofthe horse-collar pad to be formed thereon. A suitable cushioning-spring, D, is applied to the under side of the supportingbar, to throw thecenterpiece in upward direction after the pad is formed, and admit theready taking off of the same. The follower E corresponds in shape to thecenter-piece, and is applied thereto by a vertical screw-bolt, E, offrame A, the leather and metal blanks being placed on the jaws for thepressing action of the follower.

Any size of pads may be pressed by inserting different-sizedcenter-pieces and followers, and setting the jaws to the width of thesame.

The leather and metal tree of the pad are thus pressed into shape, andfitted exactly to each other, in a manner that expedites and facilitatesthe manufacture of pads and similar articles.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a machine for shaping and pressingcollar-pads, the adjustable curved-face side jaws, sliding andspring-cushioned center-piece and follower in combination, allsubstantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The adjustable sidejaws, having projecting guide-ribs, in combinationwith the grooved and sliding center-piece and the perforatedsupporting-piece of frame, for guiding head and shank of centerpiece, asset forth.

Witnesses:

HENRY MOKINLEY, MARTIN CARR.

